System for remotely controlling computerized systems
First Claim
1. System for remote controlling computerized systems, comprising a device and a computerized system, wherein:
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means to communicate with said computerized system,a touch surface, which can be opaque or show a screen,means to detect the position of an object that the user places close enough to said touch surface, wherein a finger or a pointer are examples of objects,means to send information to said computerized system about the position of said object,said computerized system comprises the following meansmeans to communicate with said devicemeans for connecting with a screen, with which said system could be optionally integratedmeans for showing a keyboard on said screen, wherein one or more of the keys of said keyboard is in correspondence with an area defined on said touch surfacemeans for showing a cursor over said keyboard on said screen, wherein the position of said object is determined by the position of said object over said touch surface
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Abstract
The present invention facilitates the remote utilization of computerized systems, such as for example a computer that is connected to a television. This is the case, for example, of computers that are connected to a television in the living room. In this case, the current remote control units have several problems for text entering, mainly that the user needs to change her sight from close to far to close again. The invention is based on two aspects. On the one hand, showing a keyboard on the screen, and on the other hand using a remote control that comprises a touch surface which allows to show on the screen the position of the user'"'"'s fingers. In so doing, the user can utilize the remote control simple looking at the television, because at all times she Hill be able to see where the fingers are located and on what key they are positioned.
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20 Claims
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1. System for remote controlling computerized systems, comprising a device and a computerized system, wherein:
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said device comprises the following means; means to communicate with said computerized system, a touch surface, which can be opaque or show a screen, means to detect the position of an object that the user places close enough to said touch surface, wherein a finger or a pointer are examples of objects, means to send information to said computerized system about the position of said object, said computerized system comprises the following means means to communicate with said device means for connecting with a screen, with which said system could be optionally integrated means for showing a keyboard on said screen, wherein one or more of the keys of said keyboard is in correspondence with an area defined on said touch surface means for showing a cursor over said keyboard on said screen, wherein the position of said object is determined by the position of said object over said touch surface - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Method for remote controlling computerized systems, comprising the following steps:
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providing a device with a touch surface, providing a computerized system that is connected to a screen, logically dividing said surface in areas that correspond to a keyboard, showing a keyboard in said screen whose keys are in correspondence with said areas defined on said surface of said device, detecting the area in which a user places an object over said touch surface, wherein a finger or a pointer are examples of objects, sending data about said area to said computerized system, showing a cursor over said keyboard in a position which is proportional to said area that has been detected. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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